“Considering that South Africa imports Brazilian meat products, a country which does not recognise Listeria as a notifiable disease as well as recent reports that Australia has been exporting Listeria-contaminated products to South Africa, the government must ensure that testing for the Listeria bacterium continues,” Kopane said.

According to Kopane, Motsoaledi has just not got the “will” to handle the outbreak.

“The reality is that there has been a lack of political will and clarity on the part of Minister Motsoaledi to get to the bottom of the Listeriosis outbreak. This, and the fact that the primary source of the outbreak has not yet been identified has caused confusion among the public.”

“This outbreak points to a broader neglect of proper food safety mechanisms on the part of the government.”

There are still currently no Enterprise products on the shelf, at this rate, we might never see them again.